newb help!!

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by iceman86

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Was this alive when you added it??

[Snaz]

It looks like ammonia to me. It might be crashing, how does it smell? Retest ammonia please.

[iceman86]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Was this alive when you added it??

it still is alive. just not too healthy.

[iceman86]

Originally Posted by Snaz

It looks like ammonia to me. It might be crashing, how does it smell? Retest ammonia please.

ill go out and get a new kit and retest and let you guys know when i get back

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by iceman86

it still is alive. just not too healthy.

I meant the big white skeleton, not the little greenish blob.

[iceman86]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

I meant the big white skeleton, not the little greenish blob.

Skeleton? I just thought it was a rock. I picked it up from the aquaruim that i got my live rock from

[Snaz]

Selling dead coral skeletons as live rock is the worst sign of an LFS. Don't give these bozos any more of your businesses.

[reefwars]

Hey buddy give us your whole equipment list, livestock list including amount of rock and sand. How did you go about trasfwring it to your house? ?

If it doesn't look better by tomorrow text me in the morn Could swing by when I'm coming through Edmonton Sunday and help you get a plan going

[fishytime]

looks to me like a lot of dry rock compared to live rock?.....if so, I would think that three weeks is too soon for two fish in tank with very little live rock.....slooooow down.....everything you add at this point is going to throw the tank out of balance....if you dont allow the tank to balance its self out between additions, it will be in a constant state of trying to catch up biologically to what you are adding, making the whole process an uphill battle....


get some water change water mixing and do a w/c, run some carbon somehow, look for some amquel or prime or prodibio "start"....the prodibio start would probably be the best route as it will both neutralize any ammonia and kick start the beneficial bacteria and help feed it

[whatcaneyedo]

That tank looks extremely immature. Give it some time to age and buildup bacteria and micro organism populations. Once you've got some algae growing on the surfaces and little 'bugs' running around you'll be almost ready for some coral. My own recommendation is to wait 6 months before adding anything remotely difficult to keep and in my experience xenia and ricordia can be pretty sensitive. You may also want to seed your tank with a few pieces of matured live rock or sand from someone else's system. In addition to what equipment you're running also list your salinity and temperature please.